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August 14, 2012
Baillie Lumber makes acquisition

Baillie Lumber, the Hamburg, N.Y.-based producer of hardwood lumber, has purchased Wagner Lumber of Owego, N.Y. The purchase price was not disclosed.

According to its website, Wagner Lumber is the largest manufacturer of hardwood lumber in the northeast United States, with an annual total production of 60 million board feet. It operates three sawmills and one log yard in New York State.

July 19, 2012
Johnson Lumber now offers prefinished wood

Johnson Lumber Co., a sawmill in Denmark, N.Y., saw an opportunity during the construction downturn to offer a unique product.

Johnson Lumber Co., a sawmill in Denmark, N.Y., saw an opportunity during the construction downturn to offer a unique product. So it purchased three pieces of equipment in online auctions in 2009 and 2010. After learning how each one works, separately and in tandem, the family-owned mill now offers pre-stained and pre-treated floorboards and siding.

May 14, 2012
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for May 11, 2012

November 4, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for Nov. 4, 2011

October 31, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for Oct. 28, 2011

*Western - regional species perimeter foundation; Southern - regional species slab construction.

Crow's Market Recap -- A condensed recap of the market conditions for the major North American softwood lumber and panel products as reported in Crow's Weekly Market Report.

October 3, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for Sept. 30, 2011

September 19, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

 

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for Sept. 16, 2011

August 31, 2011
And now this: Beetle infestation spreads

The damage done by the mountain pine beetle to the forests in British Columbia has received much attention, given the billions of dollars already lost to this pernicious pest. But Dendroctonus ponderosae knows no borders, and now the western United States is grappling with the same epidemic. The pine beetle has spread to Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado. 


August 10, 2011
Feds give sawmills a break

A number of sawmills under contract with the U.S. Forest Service -- but no longer in need of timber because of the housing slowdown -- caught a break last week when the federal government allowed them to cancel their contracts. But the deal struck with the Forest Service, according to an article in the Denver Post, will also help clear out some of the acres of dead and dying lodgepole pine trees. 

July 18, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

 

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for July 15, 2011

June 24, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for June 24, 2011

June 3, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

 

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for June 3, 2011

March 23, 2011
Dismantled sawmill off to Siberia

A shuttered Maine sawmill has been dismantled and shipped off to Russia, where it will be reassembled in a timber-rich region of Siberia, according to an article in the Kennebec Journal.

February 4, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for Feb. 4, 2011 

*Western - regional species perimeter foundation; Southern - regional species slab construction. 

January 14, 2011
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index

 

A price index of lumber and panels used in actual construction for Jan. 14, 2011 

October 14, 2008
Stimson Lumber auctions off mill items

Stimson Lumber operates nine manufacturing locations in the United States, in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and...

September 25, 2008
Tembec curtails lumber production

The company will also cease operations at the end of October in Cochrane, Ontario, for...

September 15, 2008
West Fraser acquires Stuart Lake Lumber

Stuart Lake Lumber owns a sawmill in Fort St. James, British Colombia, and a forest...

July 8, 2008
Interfor to close B.C. mill for good

The company said the site will be sold and equipment at the mill, which received...

June 9, 2008
Western Forest Products to lay off 2,000 workers

The company will curtail selected timber harvesting operations on Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands...

April 10, 2008
Canfor reduces production

The company pointed to “falling demand and poor pricing for softwood lumber with no indications...

February 13, 2008
Pope & Talbot to sell sawmills

The company said it will sell the Fort St. James sawmill to the Sinar Mas...

January 15, 2008
Canfor will take $256 million hit

The Vancouver-based company said the charges included $90 million related to its lumber segment, $141...

December 6, 2007
Canfor to close another sawmill

188 employees will be laid off....

December 6, 2007
Canfor to close another sawmill

188 employees will be laid off....